Crowds, chaos and the curse of the bucket list: Overtourism has been a problem for at least 700 yearsAs mass tourism returns with a vengeance, cities like Rome struggle with overcrowding, unruly visitors, and mounting local resentment. The ...
01 Jul, 2025, 10.46 AM IST
Travelling to Europe this year? Keep these 4 big changes in mindIn 2025, key changes include Rome’s Jubilee, drawing 39 million pilgrims, Venice’s new entry fee for day-trippers, and Paris Metro fare inc...
12 Mar, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
Emily in Paris Season 5: French President Macron and Rome's mayor fighting to win over EmilyFrench President Emmanuel Macron has expressed his commitment to keeping the popular Netflix show Emily in Paris set in France, after the s...
11 Oct, 2024, 04.01 PM IST
Rome unveils enormous 3D likeness of Emperor Constantine, the monarch who made Roman Empire ChristianRome authorities on Tuesday unveiled a massive, 13-meter (yard) replica of the statue Constantine commissioned for himself after 312 AD. It...
06 Feb, 2024, 10.49 PM IST
Reviving history: Rome unveils new museum to showcase long-buried marble mapA new museum, the Museum of the Forma Urbis, is opening in Rome, displaying a marble map of ancient Rome that hasn't been seen by the publi...
12 Jan, 2024, 10.03 AM IST
Moroccan archaeologists unearth second century Roman-era site in RabatThe discovery, now the third largest archaeological site in Morocco, provides valuable insights into the lives of Roman settlers and Romani...
04 Nov, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
Going to Europe this summer? You're not alone.Sicily isn't the only European destination bustling with tourists ahead of the peak summer season in July and August. After three years of ...
29 Jun, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
Julius Caesar's assassination spot to be announced as a tourist attraction in RomeRome to open ancient square where Julius Caesar was killed. According to several historical sources, he died in the capital's central Largo...
20 Jun, 2023, 07.52 AM IST
IndiGo announces 32 new connecting flights to EuropeThe airline said that the new flights are designed to cater to travellers who are constantly on the lookout for new and affordable flying o...
05 Dec, 2022, 02.12 PM IST
Thanks to hi-tech, Italy's ancient Roman Colosseum to get new floor, stage will give visitors a gladiator's viewThe Colosseum is Italy's most popular tourist attraction, drawing some 7.6 million visitors in 2019.
03 May, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
Over-enthusiasm versus under-tourismIf even half a billion Indians decide to see their country, no spot will be uncrowded.
31 Aug, 2019, 09.00 AM IST
Government to use 'Spiritual Tourism' to attract visitorsUnder the 'Spiritual Tourism' programme, the government has drawn up plans to develop holy places and heritage monuments.
05 Jan, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Government keen to promote pilgrimage tourismThe government is preparing a multi-pronged programme to attract tourists to the country's pilgrim sites, modeled on world famous pilgrim s...
27 Dec, 2014, 12.18 PM IST
Mumbai ranked at the bottom for overall tourist experienceMumbai, India's fashion capital and home to Bollywood, has ranked last among the top 37 cities in the world featured in the best overall to...
21 May, 2014, 05.42 PM IST
On Valentine's Day, here's how you can get 'love-locked'On Valentine’s Day eve, ET-Travel celebrates true love — the universal emotion that makes the world go round
13 Feb, 2014, 08.33 AM IST
- Maximise your trip to Europe with some great getaways
Maximise your trip to Europe with some great getaways and soak in the very best of art, culture, food and nightlife in the West
14 Jun, 2012, 02.03 PM IST
- Slow & steady
When an Italian food and wine journalist Carlo Petrini started the Slow Food Movement in 1986 as a reaction to the opening of a McDonald’s ...
22 Mar, 2007, 03.07 AM IST